Sick Room Records Ltd. (often referred to as Sickroom) was an

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based in

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. The label was founded in

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by Mitch Cheney and Steve Sostak of the band

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and Ryan Duncan. The label was known to put out releases that can fall into the categories of

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and punk rock among others. The label closed in 2017.

Roster

* Alexis Gideon * AM Syndicate * The Afflictions *

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* Bottles And Skulls * Che Arthur * Check Engine *

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* Chevreuil * The Conformists * Detective Instinct * Dilute *

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* Form And Mess * Form Of Rocket * Freddie T. And The People * The Gary * Greenness *

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* Instrumental Quarter * The Julius Airwave * Just A Fire * Kash * King Champion Sounds * Kippi's * L'Ocelle Mare *

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* Martha's Vineyard Ferries * Marvin * Mass Shivers * Mike Lust * Papier Tigre * Passe Montagne * Pink Mountain *

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* Push-Pull * Quatre Tete * Radiant Republic *

Rockets Red Glare Rockets Red Glare was a Canadian alternative rock band from Toronto, active in the early 2000s.

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* Them Roaring Twenties * Three Second Kiss * Tic Code * Transmontane *

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* We Ride On

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Official site

Sick Room Records Myspace page
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